Q: Is 3,951,120 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,951,120 a composite number?

A composite number is a number that can be divided evenly by more numbers than 1 and itself. It is the opposite of a prime number.

The number 3,951,120 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 40 48 60 80 101 120 163 202 240 303 326 404 489 505 606 652 808 815 978 1,010 1,212 1,304 1,515 1,616 1,630 1,956 2,020 2,424 2,445 2,608 3,030 3,260 3,912 4,040 4,848 4,890 6,060 6,520 7,824 8,080 9,780 12,120 13,040 16,463 19,560 24,240 32,926 39,120 49,389 65,852 82,315 98,778 131,704 164,630 197,556 246,945 263,408 329,260 395,112 493,890 658,520 790,224 987,780 1,317,040 1,975,560 and 3,951,120, with no remainder.

Since 3,951,120 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,951,120, it is a composite number.

More Examples

• All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).